Not for the 24 golfers that took part in the Play2Support senior pairs competition in aid of Prostate Cancer UK held at Close House on October 16th 2017. Apart from a gloomy dust laden sky and some early drizzle hurricane Ophelia did little to dampen an excellent days golf on the Lee Westwood 'filly' course. In fact there was not a breath of wind and the day ended in glorious sunshine. Played in a stableford 4 ball better ball format players from the Appleby, Bellingham and Stocksfield clubs contested a closely fought tournament with only 5 points separating the top 8 pairs. The eventual winners with a better ball score of 43 were Peter Donnelly and Steven Pearson from Stocksfield who take home the inaugural Prostate Cancer UK trophy. The competition raised over £1000 for the charity so will be back again next year in a slightly different format, so watch this space for details.
